A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent 2025 preparation.
Fr. Z rants a little.
A note about discipline of prayer during Advent.
The book I used, published by TAN, is called Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers: a seven week Retreat on the Mystery and the Meaning of the Incarnation.
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
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Is this part of the Pope’s recent homily in Turkey not relevant to the sadly still ongoing “liturgy wars” ?
The first bond of unity that I just mentioned is the one within this Church, which in this country consists of four different liturgical traditions — Latin, Armenian, Chaldean and Syriac. Each one contributes its own spiritual, historical and ecclesial richness. The sharing of these differences clearly demonstrate one of the most beautiful features of the face of the Bride of Christ: a catholicity that unites. The unity that binds us together around the altar is a gift from God. As such, it is strong and invincible, because it is the work of his grace. At the same time, however, realization of this unity in time is entrusted to us, to our efforts. For this reason, like the bridges over the Bosporus, unity needs care, attention and “maintenance,” so that its foundations remain solid and are not weakened by time and vicissitudes. With our eyes turned to the promised mountain, an image of the Heavenly Jerusalem, which is our destination and mother (cf. Gal 4:26), let us make every effort, then, to foster and strengthen the bonds that unite us, so that we may enrich one another and be a credible sign before the world of the Lord’s universal and infinite love.
God Bless you for these Adventcazts Father. This is exactly what I needed to hear this morning.
Enjoyed this one. Told the wife she had to listen too, so we’ve both decided we’ll listen to it all through Advent as part of preparation for Christmas.
My favorite time of year: ADVENTCAzT season. Thanks again Padre for making these. Number one was phenomenal and I’ll be sharing it widely.
Like @Ben says above, our family uses these for our nightly devotions (along with Cindy Rollins’ Handel’s Messiah devotional.)